In what circumstances will a public sector employee be able to go on strike?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan, [2015] 1 SCR 245, 2015 SCC 4 (CanLII):
In Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 301 v. Montreal (City), 1997 CanLII 386 (SCC), [1997] 1 S.C.R. 793, L’Heureux-Dubé J. explained why public sector strike action engages singular considerations: When “public” employees strike, the pressure exerted on the employer is not largely financial, as in the private sector, but rather arises from the disruption of services upon which society depends for the daily activities of its members. While consumers may simply go to another source for goods and services provided by private enterprise, alternatives to the services targeted by the special regimes may be unavailable or very difficult and expensive to obtain. [para. 32]
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